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The small flowers are white and fragrant. A macro image of a curry leaf Ripe and unripe fruits. It is a small tree, growing 4–6 metres (13–20 ft)) tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm (16 in) in diameter. The aromatic leaves are pinnate, with 11–21 leaflets, each leaflet 2–4 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 1–2 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 3 ...
Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia. [2] Common names include moringa, [3] drumstick tree [3] (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree [3] (from the taste of the roots, which resembles ...
The leaves of Madhuca indica (= M. longifolia) are fed on by the moth Antheraea paphia, which produces tassar silk, a form of wild silk of commercial importance in India. [5] Leaves, flowers and fruits are also lopped to feed goats and sheep. [6] The seed oil of 'Madhuca indica' can be utilize to synthesize polymer resin.
Senna auriculata is a leguminous tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.It is commonly known by its local names matura tea tree, avaram or ranawara, (Kannada: ಆವರಿಕೆ āvarike, Marathi: तरवड, Malayalam: ആവര, Sinhala: රණවරා ranawarā,Telugu: తంగేడు taṃgēḍu, Tamil: ஆவாரை āvārai) or the English version avaram senna.
pl. adelphiae A bundle or structure of stamens forming one unit in an adelphous flower; for example, the stamen tube around the pistil of Hibiscus. adelphous Having organs, particularly filament s such as stamen s, connected into one or more adelphiae, whether in the form of bunches or tubes, such as is commonly seen in families such as Malvaceae. Usage of the term is not consistent; some ...
A Chankiri Tree, otherwise known as Rain tree. Samanea saman is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, now in the Mimosoid clade [ 5] and is native to Central and South America. [ 6] It is often placed in the genus Samanea, [ 7] which by yet other authors is subsumed in Albizia entirely.
Binomial name. Tinospora cordifolia. ( Thunb.) Miers. Tinospora cordifolia (common names heart-leaved moonseed, amrita, guduchi (in Sanskrit), gurbel or giloy, among others) is a herbaceous vine of the family Menispermaceae indigenous to tropical regions of the Indian subcontinent. [ 1] It has been used in Ayurveda to treat various disorders.
Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as Kurinji or Neelakurinji in Tamil language and Malayalam and Gurige in Kannada, is a shrub of the bear's breeches family ( Acanthaceae) that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The purplish blue flower blossoms only once in 12 years, and gave the Nilgiri ...